1 . It was the day before Thanksgiving and Kaleb Benham was wandering around outside his home in Noring California. His 90-pound pit bull (斗牛犬), Buddy, was playing around nearby, doing what dogs do: getting into trouble. And this time, Buddy was getting into a whole lot of trouble.
The unmistakable sound that no one wants to hear alone in the woods caught Benham’s attention. It was the deep, strange roar of a black bear. Benham wheeled around to see the beast, which Benham figured weighed around 350 pounds, some 100 feet away. In an instant, the bear fastened on to Buddy’s head and started dragging him away.
Benham, a thin, fit, 24-year-old, took off after them. “Honestly,” he told CBS13, “the only thing I could think of was ‘save my baby’.” He lowered his shoulder and ran quickly towards the bear. But it only seized Buddy tightly. Benham grabbed the bear by the throat. Nothing. He tried getting its mouth open but the jaw was locked tight. Benham resorted to street fighting —punching the bear over and over around its mouth and nose. It worked. The bear dropped the dog and ran off into the woods.
Buddy was in bad shape. His face was bloodied. He had a bite mark clear through his lip and one that barely missed an eye.
“My first thought was that I was going to lose him,” Benham said. He picked up Buddy, put him into his car, and sped off to a nearby veterinarian. Buddy’s surgery took nearly four hours. Benham watched the procedure through a window, waiting for a miracle.
This was the second time Benham had rescued Buddy, says CBS13. The first was from a shelter a few years ago. “If it was your kid, what would you do?” he asked. Nodding toward Buddy, he added, “That’s my kid.”
1. What is the text mainly about?
| A．A brave rescue. | B．A regular routine. |
| C．A fearless pet dog. | D．A demanding surgery. |
2. Why did the author mention the weight of the bear in paragraph 2?
| A．To prove the excitement of Benham. |
| B．To describe the fear in Buddy’s heart. |
| C．To indicate the difficulty of the rescue. |
| D．To show the bear’s starvation and fierceness. |
3. How was the dog finally saved from the bear?
| A．Benham defeated the beast by grabbing its throat. |
| B．Benham ra n towards the beast with dropped shoulder. |
| C．Benham punched the beast’s mouth and nose repeatedly. |
| D．Benham forced open the beast’s mouth by unlocking its jaw. |
4. What can we know about Benham and Buddy?
| A．Buddy once saved Benham. |
| B．They used to share a shelter. |
| C．Benham had no kid but Buddy. |
| D．They had very close relationship. |
